Kitchen Unconfidential

What's been cookin at the Caponi's lately? Not a whole lot,  we've been without a kitchen for the past 28 days. No stove, no sink, no dishwasher, refrigerator in the garage. The room formerly known as the kitchen has been a big open hole in the house that Lil has claimed as her personal getaway (from whom? No kitchen makes for a moody mommy and daddy is scary in general but more so with power tools and sledge hammers in hand). 

This post has a lot of pictures, I want full record of this mess so that when it's all said and done, I won't cry over spilled (coconut) milk because at least I'll have a floor to spill it on.

First necessary step in a kitchen reno: relocate the relocatable items preferably far from the renovation area. In our case we didn't have much choice, the family room was most convenient and a big piece of tarp acts as an effective divider between chaos and, well, slightly less chaos.

kitchen pro tem

mood stabilizers

bookshelf = pantry

Then you start tearing everything apart!!

First thing chucked was the wall between the kitchen and dining, which at one time looked like this:

but after this:

looked like this:

 Then the floors and plaster and wood paneling were out:

Kirk & Mike

Graeme and Aiden come for back up

He laughs so he won't cry

I wasnt just the project photographer, people. I assisted with demo, carrying waste out, and extracting about 27,428 nails out of the wood. I might be exaggerating, only a little though. This is a Mike thing, he insisted all nails be removed so they can be properly separated and recycled. He has made over $100 recycling, which has offset the dumping costs so kudos to him (and to me, I grin and bear)

As I am reviewing these pictures it's hard to miss Graeme being a goofball. He is just a mini-Mikey afterall:

Brother-in-law Kirk has been a pivotal player during this renovation. His expertise and willingness to help has guiding the entire process and we are eternally grateful! He engineered and installed new joist support spans and blocking for the floor. Countless hours have been spent, band aids administered, and poker games missed (gasp!) as he worked through many days and nights to provide a stable subfloor for our home.

THANKS KIRK!!!!

Now get back under the floor, we've got some plumbing lines to run!

SO.
This is where we're at today:

Future mudroom ,and hall

Mudroom. The side entry door will be relocated to where this window is. Cabinets and washer/dryer will line the wall at right.

Kitchen - sink will be under window

Kitchen - range wall

next I'll tell you about my experience with Ikea, where our cabinets are coming from. 

SO

EXCITED!!!!!!!!